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To: ChristianDefender
Do you want to know what the definition of ungrateful is? It is being clearly spelled out for us in the world's response or rather, its lack of response to the carnage wrought by Hurricane Katrina earlier this week. Ahem:
Australia donates $10mUN offers to help overwhelmed US cope with Katrina
Excerpt from that first story:
Australia joins more than 20 countries - even poor Honduras - in offering help. Australia joins more than 20 countries - even poor Honduras - in offering help. [...] The State Department said offers so far had come from Belgium, Canada, Russia, Japan, France, Germany, Britain, China, Australia, Jamaica, Honduras, Greece, Venezuela, the Organisation of American States, NATO, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, South Korea, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
It's stories this that make me understand why some folks call WND, "WingNut Daily"...
2 posted on
09/02/2005 1:42:19 AM PDT by
Ichneumon
To: ChristianDefender
Didn't the US decline Russian aid? And didn't they not allow a team from Vancouver entry into the US?
I think that this time WND is full of shit, man. Sorry.
3 posted on
09/02/2005 1:44:34 AM PDT by
KillBill
To: ChristianDefender
The Aussies stepped up to the plate.
I was cranken on'em for sending to "managers"... But today they've announced $10 million in aid. That is helpful. Thank You!
4 posted on
09/02/2005 1:46:12 AM PDT by
DB
(©)
To: ChristianDefender
I'm going to stop being mean to just the french and start being surly to all foreigners that I cross paths with in tourist destination Florida.
6 posted on
09/02/2005 1:50:57 AM PDT by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: ChristianDefender
This sort of sloppy, inaccurate reporting is why I don't waste time reading WND anymore.
7 posted on
09/02/2005 1:51:12 AM PDT by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: ChristianDefender
9 posted on
09/02/2005 1:58:23 AM PDT by
BykrBayb
(Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri <strike>Schiavo</strike> Schindler - www.terrisfight.org)
To: ChristianDefender
Russia offered help on the first day.
12 posted on
09/02/2005 2:19:51 AM PDT by
laconic
To: ChristianDefender
1- One must realize that US is the richest country of the world far far richer than the World's second..
2- US has the biggest army and police forces in the world with
the strongest mobilization capacity..
3- The oil prices went sky high and US is the one who controls
oil in the world. And countries that rely on Oil are really at the edge of an economic crises..
4- Americans IMHO should really stop shooting at rescue teams with their automatic rifles and they really should stop trying to shoot down helicopters with sniper rifles..
14 posted on
09/02/2005 2:35:46 AM PDT by
Xargoth
To: ChristianDefender; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; coteblanche; Ryle; albertabound; ...
The second comes from Ontario, Canada. Yes, that's right – just that lone province, not the whole of the Canadian central government." WRONG
Canada as a whole has offered whatever the US asks for. General Hillier has put contingency plans in effect to respond to US requests.
Canadian electrical crews have started moving south. This is routine when a distribution emergency happens anywhere in North America.
British Columbia was the first to react, allocating urban search and rescue teams which the US has yet to accept.
The Prime Minister has already been on the telephone to the President.
But the US has to ask. Troops simply cannot cross interational boundaries unless asked by the receiving country to do so.
The US has yet to accept Canadian offers of help.
16 posted on
09/02/2005 2:38:33 AM PDT by
Clive
To: ChristianDefender
Apparently, many countries tried to offer aid immediately, Bush seemed to rebuff it:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9161198/
I think he is now changed his mind and is asking for help...almost everyone has offered..
20 posted on
09/02/2005 2:42:59 AM PDT by
podkane
To: ChristianDefender
There is aid and offers of aid coming in from all over. Just like those of us who don't live in the Gulf area, it took awhile for the magnitude to sink in. Aid from all over is on it's way and, I think, it is petty and mean to complain about anyone's level of generosity.
25 posted on
09/02/2005 2:51:44 AM PDT by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: ChristianDefender
31 posted on
09/02/2005 2:59:17 AM PDT by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: ChristianDefender
Hey, world: Thanks for nothing.
Mr. Dougherty is correct.
One might have expected the grateful iraqi people to pledge a few million barrels of oil to help out............
47 posted on
09/02/2005 4:17:57 AM PDT by
WhiteGuy
(Vote for gridlock - Make the elected personally liable for their wasteful spending)
To: ChristianDefender
European countries were on Thursday preparing to release emergency stockpiles of petrol as the US confirmed that some refineries hit by Hurricane Katrina would remain shut for several months.
Earlier US officials had estimated the closures at only one to two weeks.
Officials from member governments of the International Energy Agency, the energy watchdog of industrialised countries, said they were now waiting only for the US to agree to such a measure.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/baac872c-1b0c-11da-a117-00000e2511c8,_i_rssPage=80fdaff6-cbe5-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html
54 posted on
09/02/2005 4:37:05 AM PDT by
Budgie
To: ChristianDefender
I find it interesting the the MSM is reporting that "many, many" countries have stepped up to help out. Yet when even more countries than this stepped up to invade Iraq it was reported as a near singlehanded attack by the USA, with the vast majority of the world's countries strongly opposed to the actions of the USA.
To: ChristianDefender
By the way, has the UN offered help?
58 posted on
09/02/2005 4:54:27 AM PDT by
moose2004
(You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
To: ChristianDefender
I personally don't care if anybody sends us help. We don't help out in order to get paid back, we just help out because it's the right thing to do.
67 posted on
09/02/2005 2:22:48 PM PDT by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: ChristianDefender
Perhaps John Dougherty (just another political hack reporter) should actually learn what's happening before commenting on it. Of course, he is a reporter.
70 posted on
09/02/2005 2:30:06 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: ChristianDefender
He's a little early to the party.
85 posted on
09/03/2005 5:38:00 PM PDT by
drlevy88
To: ChristianDefender
So what?...as a conservative the last thing I'm going to whine about is receiving help from other people. That's what Democrats do. And that's why New Orleans has been such a disaster.
86 posted on
09/03/2005 5:45:56 PM PDT by
firequarrel
(Next time you think of nationalizing health care think New Orleans)
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